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9/11Where Troy Once Stood
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- Publication date
- 1991
- Topics
- Homer, Iliad, Odessey, Celt, Celtic, Troy, History, Ancient History, Trojan, Achaean, Trojan War, Gog Magog, Egypt, Hades, Labyrinth, Circe, Priam, Hector, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Nestor, Odysseus
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- opensource
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 233.6M
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Like generations of scholars, Iman Wilkens has been intrigued by the origins of Homer's great epic poems about the Trojan War and the adventures of Odysseus - and now believes he has finally tracked down their source.
Arguing, convincingly, that the Iliad and the Odessey do not fit the topography, geology, climate, and oceanic tidal patterns of the eastern Mediterranean, Wilkens relocates the Homeric scene in western European and the northern Atlantic, revealing the precise site of Troy itself and the plain on which the Trojan War was fought.
By examining the texts in detail, Wilkens has identified over 400 place-names in western Europe and concludes that the original oral version was composed by Homer several hundred years before it was written down. He reveals that the Trojan War was fought on a far larger scale then previously thought, by Celts from regions as far apart as Scandinavia and Spain, and that the Odyssey provided an oral map for illiterate Celtic seafarers.
Where Troy Once Stood is an extraordinary and enlightening journey into prehistory that is as exciting as the voyages of Odysseus. Thanks to Wilkens' patient detective work, many of the most puzzling aspects of Homer's epic poems now fall into place, enabling the reader - perhaps for the first time - to understand fully the meaning and significance of Europe's oldest literary masterpieces.
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